<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ageinginnovationhub]]></title><description><![CDATA[ageinginnovationhub]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 02:37:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/zh/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Hidden Cost of Australia's Aged Care Shortage: Why Location Matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia's growing aged care capacity crisis raises a fundamental question: Are we planning aged care services where older Australians need them most? Australia's ageing population is placing increasing pressure on health and aged care systems. While much of the public discussion focuses on funding, workforce shortages and the availability of residential aged care beds, another important dimension deserves greater attention: the geographical relationship between where older people live and...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/the-hidden-cost-of-australia-s-aged-care-shortage-why-location-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ae09d0528656d6622887973</guid><category><![CDATA[Insight]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:09:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_70ac6c0504c44ae597c9eca78015dcfd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professor Bo Xia Recognised Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Building and Construction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ageing Innovation Hub warmly congratulates Professor Bo Xia on his inclusion in both the career-long and single-year lists of the 2026 Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% Scientists database, recognising his citation impact in Building &#38; Construction. Based on the composite citation indicator excluding self-citations, Professor Xia ranks 855th globally in Building &#38; Construction for single-year impact and 1,032nd for career-long impact. Among 56,454 authors in the subfield, these results place him in...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/professor-bo-xia-recognised-among-the-world-s-top-2-scientists-in-building-and-construction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad6a721a1a9e63e33fd220d</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Awards & Recognition]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:39:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_d83f55c4179740beb70cbeabcc1c3844~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_979,h_879,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caring Across Cultures: Supporting a Diverse Aged Care Workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research by Ageing Innovation Hub member Turki Alsaeed, published in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, explores the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) workers in Australia’s residential aged care sector. The article, Caring Across Cultures: A Qualitative Study of the Workforce Challenges and Organizational Issues of CALD Aged Care Workers in Australia's Residential Aged Care Sector, draws on qualitative interviews to examine how workforce and organisational...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/caring-across-cultures-supporting-a-diverse-aged-care-workforce</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad025645510cf48b6923739</guid><category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:12:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_9a89d09deaea46028698c6d7f50ff8b9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[U3A Energy Knowledge Sharing: Helping Older Adults Understand Electricity Costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ageing Innovation Hub members brought researchers and older learners together for a U3A energy knowledge sharing session at the U3A City Campus in Brisbane. Featuring Dr Aaron Liu, and organised with contributions from Na Xiao, Jia Wang and Wenda Li, the event explored electricity pricing, household energy use and how everyday routines influence energy bills. Dr Liu explained how electricity costs work, covering energy provider choices, peak-hour rates and patterns of electricity consumption....]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/u3a-energy-knowledge-sharing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad01fe3f01b30c0f50680a3</guid><category><![CDATA[Activity]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:39:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_80809939905e4c3085d81a2ce3f5e52e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Global Conflicts, COVID-19 and Climate Change Shape Australia’s Health and Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are delighted to celebrate a new research publication by Ageing Innovation Hub members, contributing to the wider conversation on health equity, resilient health systems and healthy ageing. Turki Alsaeed, Fatima Abid and Anthony Halog have co-authored the book chapter Examining the Ramifications of Global Challenges on Australia's Health and Economy. Published by Bentham Books, the chapter appears in Socioeconomic Challenges Amidst a Global Triple Threat of Conflicts, COVID-19, and Climate...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/how-global-conflicts-covid-19-and-climate-change-shape-australia-s-health-and-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad019fccbb6543b8a20a09e</guid><category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:16:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_9d9ba0c7de4f4e6d9b92a3d38c19d5bc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jason E</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[PhD Scholarship Opportunity]]></title><description><![CDATA[ PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) to support ageing in place    I am currently recruiting a PhD candidate for my ARC Future Fellowship project at Queensland University of Technology (QUT):  “Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: Our Future for Ageing in place?”    The fully funded PhD scholarship will understand the formation of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) and examine how NORCs facilitate older Australians’...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/phd-scholarship-opportunity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1fb8ae345fdf6c42500bf9</guid><category><![CDATA[Opportunity]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:17:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_d455eec9c54b4989becd41afa405c1bc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bo Xia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Months of the Aged Care Act 2024: A Research Perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia's rights-based aged care reform is now six months old. For researchers working on housing, communities, and the built environment, the question is whether the places where ageing actually happens are ready to deliver on those rights. On 1 November 2025, the most far-reaching overhaul of Australia's aged care system in nearly three decades came into force. The new Aged Care Act 2024 replaced laws that had governed the sector since 1997, the Support at Home programme replaced Home...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/six-months-of-the-aged-care-act-2024-a-research-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0fc8dea2438924d10b53e5</guid><category><![CDATA[Insight]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 03:24:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_e8929234716141cf91ebde4c1c044a89~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>je7535</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prof. Xia Sharing NORCs at "Places for Ageing- Out of the Box"]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article is reproduced from a post by Ryan Loveday on LinkedIn This week saw the first in our new event series - “Places for Ageing- Out of the Box” with a engaging discussion by Prof. Bo Xia at QUT. A nice engaged little crowd in a informal setting and some great topics to throw around on the night. The talk centred on PhD research by Prof Bo and his students on the phenomenon of NORC’s (Naturally Ocurring Retirement Communities)… that is, neighbourhoods that were not originally designed...]]></description><link>https://www.ageinginnovationhub.com/post/prof-xia-sharing-norcs-at-places-for-ageing-out-of-the-box</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c1ee6636a1fdc193bcc7a1</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:04:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4ab462_635dfcbbedcd4bfb812a6c778d661ec0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>je7535</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>